Prisons in North Korea - Wikipedia
WEBThe South Korean journalist Kang Chol-hwan is a former prisoner of Yodok Political Prison Camp and has written a book, The Aquariums of Pyongyang, about his time in the camp. [34] The South Korean human rights activist Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person known to have escaped from Kaechon Political Prison Camp .
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North ... - CNN
WEBMar 23, 2023 · Extrajudicial executions, rape, forced abortions, jail without trial, torture, starvation rations that leave prisoners so hungry some turn to eating insects.
Kangdong concentration camp - Wikipedia
WEBThe official name of the camp is Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 (Reeducation camp no. 4). The camp consists of a large prison compound situated between Samdung-ri and the Nam River, in Kangdong-gun, in South Pyongan province of North Korea, about 30 km (19 mi) east of downtown Pyongyang. [1]
'Escape From Camp 14': Inside North Korea's Gulag - NPR
WEBMar 29, 2012 · Shin Dong-hyuk is the only person known to have been born in North Korea's prison camps and gotten out alive. Journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin's daring escape.
North Korea's prisons: How harsh are conditions? - BBC
WEBJun 14, 2017 · A rare account of life in North Korea's vast work camps sheds light on conditions prisoners face.
Prisons of North Korea - United States Department of State
WEBAug 25, 2017 · The Yodok political prison camp, also known as Camp 15, is located 68 miles northeast of Pyongyang in Yodok County, South Hamgyong Province. Situated in a mountain valley formed by the Ipsok River, the camp is bordered by mountains on all sides.
North Korea defector describes life in prison camp - USA TODAY
WEBMay 25, 2018 · Kang Chol-hwan, who fled North Korea at age 24 for South Korea, was imprisoned for ten years inside a political camp in Yodok county, 68 miles northeast of the capital Pyongyang. He witnessed...
North Korea's Network Of Prison Camps Funds Weapons …
WEBFeb 26, 2021 · Pyongyang continues to operate "a large financial pyramid fraud" relying on "mafia-type operations" to get people held in prisons camps to mine large quantities of coal, lead, zinc, magnesite and...
UN Finds Torture, Forced Labor Still Rampant in North Korean Prisons
WEBFeb 9, 2021 · The report, by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, found that North Korea currently engages in torture, wrongful imprisonment, and forced hard labor under exceptionally harsh...
North Korea's prisons: How harsh are conditions? - BBC News
WEBJun 14, 2017 · A rare account of life in North Korea's vast work camps sheds light on conditions prisoners face.